 | Abiel Holmes - 1805 - 556 strani
...Joseph Webb of Fairfield. 4 The form of laying the foundation was this : Each of the ten minister! pave a number of books, and, laying them on a table, pronounced words to this effect : " 1 give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." About 40 volumes in folio were... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - 1813 - 478 strani
...Webb of Fail-field. ' "i The form of laving the foundation was this : Each of the ten mi(ni.ste rs gave a number of books, and, laying them on a table, pronounced •words tn this effect ; " 1 give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." About 40 volumes... | |
 | Benjamin Trumbull - 1818 - 574 strani
...college. The transaction was in this manner. Each gentleman gave a number of books, and laying them upon a table, pronounced words to this effect, " I give...for the founding of a college in this colony." About forty volumes in folio were thus given. The trustees took possession of them, and appointed Mr. Russell... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 590 strani
...they met at Branford, each bringing three or four large books, and laying them upon the table, with ' I give these books for the founding of a ' college in this colony.' As it was doubtful whether they could hold property, it was agreed to petition for a charter. To promote... | |
 | 1827 - 684 strani
...work had just been done, the pastors of Connecticut came forward each with his contribution, saying " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony." In the days of Tennent and Edwards, the fathers of the Presbyterian church placed their students in... | |
 | 1831 - 716 strani
...another meeting at Branford, the same year, and established the College in this manner. Each gentleman gave a number of books, and laying them on a table,...this effect, "I give these books for the founding a College in this colony." About 40 volumes were given. Various other donations in books and money... | |
 | 1831 - 352 strani
...another meeting at Branford, the same year, and established the College in this manner. Each gentleman gave a number of books, and laying them on a table,...this effect, " I give these books for the founding a College in this colony." About 40 volumes were given. Various other donations in books and money... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 strani
...venerable fathers who founded Yale College, brought forward each his stock of books with the words, " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony," yet it is not in this way, pre-eminently, that their sons have sought to build up the institution which... | |
 | Joel Hawes - 1835 - 92 strani
...purpose, each one brought a number of folios in his arms, and placing them on a table, said, — " I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony."* The learning contained in these ponderous tomes might not have been of much value ; but the spirit... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1836 - 654 strani
...worthy fathers, who assembled at Branford, in 1700, and laying each a few volumes on the table, said, ' I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony ;' and Harvard, to the dying munificence of an humble minister of the gospel, who landed on the shores... | |
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